Flood Warning
NWS Charleston WV ยท US
Details
Flood Warning In Effect Until 230 AM EDT Wednesday... ...Replaces Flash Flood Warning
- Event
- Flood Warning
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Expected end
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Severe
- Certainty
- Likely
- Response
- Avoid
Description
What
Flooding caused by excessive rainfall is expected.
Where
South Central Fayette County in southeastern West Virginia... Central Raleigh County in southeastern West Virginia...
When
Until 230 AM EDT.
Impacts
Flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations is imminent or occurring.
Additional details
- At 1126 PM EDT, Doppler radar indicated heavy rain due to thunderstorms. Flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly in the warned area. Between 1 and 2 inches of rain have fallen. - Some locations that will experience flooding include... Beckley, Mount Hope, Piney View, Stanaford, Prosperity, Bradley, Beaver, Daniels and Macarthur. - This includes the following highways... Route 19 between mile markers 1 and 4. Interstate 64 in West Virginia between mile markers 123 and 127. West Virginia Turnpike between mile markers 45 and 49. - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
Instructions
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles. Report flooding to the National Weather Service by calling toll free, 800 401 9535, when you can do so safely.
Affected areas
- Fayette County, WV
- Raleigh County, WV
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Charleston WV
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~45s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M364TATB1X6Z135C8N7H79JC
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.54e6e84a96b65c18482760efb9cbd7431376bdbe.001.1
- Sender
- w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
- Scope
- Public
- CAP source
- 211803 v2.3.0
- Handling codes
- IPAWSv1.0
- Issuing office
- NWS Charleston WV
- AWIPS ID
- CAPRLX
- NWWS sequence
- nwws_processor.4846
- WMO heading
- XOUS51
- WMO data type
- CAP alert message XML (XO)
- WMO geography
- United States (US)
- WMO bulletin number
- 51
Event codes
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | FLW |
| NationalWeatherService | FAW |
Parameters
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| AWIPSidentifier | FLWRLX |
| WMOidentifier | WGUS41 KRLX 230326 |
| NWSheadline | FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 230 AM EDT WEDNESDAY... ...REPLACES FLASH FLOOD WARNING |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| VTEC | /O.NEW.KRLX.FA.W.0150.260923T0326Z-260923T0630Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-09-23T02:30:00-04:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Fayette County, WV
- Raleigh County, WV
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 054019 |
| SAME | 054081 |
| UGC | WVC019 |
| UGC | WVC081 |
- Polygons
- 37.88,-81.2 37.92,-81.12 37.88,-80.98 37.73,-81.13 37.83,-81.28 37.88,-81.2